The physician was faulted for not having the antidote on hand during the emergency:
According to the suit, at about 1:45 p.m. the next day, Ginsburg ran into the hallway screaming for help.A nearby volunteer firefighter heard and started CPR on Ashley. Ginsburg called 911.
A nurse arrived at the cabin at approximately 2:10 p.m. Ginsburg told her that five of his Vicodin pills were missing.
The nurse called for the doctor, who was told that Ginsburg was also missing some methadone. The suit doesn’t explainwhy he brought the drugs on board.
A defibrillator was turned on at about 2:31 p.m. – 20 minutes after medical help first arrived – and Ashley was declared dead at approximately 2:45 p.m.
Allred faulted the doctor for failing to administer anti-overdose medication, which she said should have been on hand.
Barnett, who has made six trips to Mexico in the past year, said she is haunted by the question of how her daughter overdosed in the first place.
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The antidote they refer to is naloxone, an opiate antagonist.
No one ever died or was harmed because of lack of naloxone. The treatment for opiate overdose, which causes respiratory depression, is to artificially support ventilation. That this person was found unresponsive and required CPR indicates that respiratory depression had progressed to the point of organ (heart) failure. The reversal of the breathing problem with CPR could not fix the damage from not breathing before being found. No ‘antidote’ exists to save her.
This is just the case of a parent lashing out and looking to assign blame when the blame rests squarely on the deceased and her drug supplier.
No lawyer could defend this suit against the doctor without looking like a fool, its absolutely frivolous.
Also this is yet another case of idiotic parents and their “oh no my sweet child would NEVER do drugs” bullshit that gets exposed for the lie that it is on a regular basis.
I think we could add this to Wikipedia under “frivolous”. Someone is responsible for drug abuse and it is not the cruise line. You can’t fault a doctor for not having a remedy for the illegal consumption of drugs. I vote for a quick burial at sea for all parties involved in this action.
It is Gloria Allred, though, one of the biggest, hairiest sodomites on the West Coast. If anybody could win a jury over and bring them to tears, no matter how bullshit the case it’s her. Since the 250K limit doesn’t apply for a cruise ship, she may win the lottery. Even though I don’t know how you can be sued for failure to bring back the dead.
“Even though I don’t know how you can be sued for failure to bring back the dead”
I am familiar with one such case. It was eventually dropped. The lesson the plaintiff’s attorney taught was: Don’t be a good samaritan; keep walking and let sleeping dogs lie less you be accused of faulty resuscitation.
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